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When Worlds Collide #117: Once and Future Organics in Sri Lanka
Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today newspaper on 15 August 2014 It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong, cautioned the French writer and philosopher François-Marie Arouet (1694 – 1778), better known … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Biodiversity, Business & Commerce, Communicating Development, Environment, Environmental management, Environmental policy, Green Economy, Public health, Sri Lanka, Sustainable Development, Water
Tagged "teikei" system in Japan, China, Colombo’s ‘Good Market’, Department of Agriculture, Dr Ray Wijewardene, Dr Vandana Shiva, environment, Gami Seva Sevana (GSS), Green Revolution, high external input farming, India, Indonesia, Lanka Organic Agriculture Movement (LOAM), organic farmers, organic farming, organic farming in Sri Lanka, organic food, public health, Ranjith de Silva, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture, Sethsuwa Medura, Sevalanka Foundation, Sri Lanka, Voltaire, World of Organic Agriculture (2014)
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When Worlds Collide #104: Dengue Control sans Chemicals?
Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today broadsheet newspaper on 25 April 2014 Last week, discussing dengue fever as a silent disaster, I wrote: “For now, there is no specific antiviral drug or effective vaccine against dengue. … Continue reading
Posted in Communicating Development, Disaster, Disaster Communication, Education, Environment, Environmental management, Public health, Public policy, Sri Lanka, Urban issues, Waste, Waste Management, Water
Tagged Aedes aegypti, Canada’s International Development Research Centre, community participation, dengue, Dengue fever, Dengue Free Sri Lanka, dengue virus, Dr A R Wickremasinghe, Dr Michael Nathan, Dr Wimal Abeyewickreme, environmental sanitation, Gampaha district, IDRC, India, Indonesia, J Sommerfeld, K Karunatilake, Kroeger Axel, less insecticides, Myanmar, national mosquito control week, Pathogens and Global Health December 2012, Philippines, public health, silent disaster, socio-cultural factors, Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, Sri Lanka, Successful dengue control programmes, Thailand, University of Kelaniya’s Faculty of Medicine, Waste management, WHO, World Health Organisation
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When Worlds Collide, by Nalaka Gunawardene 